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LOUISVILLE, KY (AP) - Pete the pig is gone -- but a Louisville family wants his record to live on.
Ed and Denise Stottmann claim their recently departed potbellied pig was the oldest ever. They tell a Kentucky paper (Courier-Journal) Pete was 21 years and 30 days old, when he passed on last week.
The Stottmanns say their porker was 13 days older than the pig with the current Guinness record. They're filing the paperwork with the Guinness people.
The Stottmanns add they loved Pete and feel he deserves the honor.
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